dooms

/duːmz/

//duːmz// noun

"dooms" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dooms” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,540 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#78,540
frequency rank, English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of doom

Key facts for dooms
PropertyValue
Headworddooms
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/duːmz/
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dooms” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dooms lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for dooms is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /duːmz/. Corpus data places it at rank #78,540 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of doom".

dooms has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is dooms, spelled D-O-O-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of doom

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dooms"?
"dooms" is spelled D-O-O-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is /duːmz/.
What does "dooms" mean?
As a noun, "dooms" means: plural of doom
How do you pronounce "dooms"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dooms" is /duːmz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dooms" come from?
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Using “dooms”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-O-M-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /duːmz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list